There are a lot of successful fat pitchers. Curt Schilling was hefty. David Wells was enormously successful in the postseason. They're baseball players, not athletes, and the whole beer thing is just a convenient excuse for the epic collapse.
Steve O On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Ray <[email protected]> wrote: > I've come to the conclusion that I agree with Tom. The season was lost to fat > pitchers who couldn't pitch. > > For this I blame the pitching coach who let them get fat. > > I blame Francona for protecting our fatsos in the media and protecting the > enabling pitching coach. > > Finally I blame Theo for bringing us Dice-K and Lackey, and for letting the > pitching staff get fat. I think that the Sox developed a culture of fame with > no pressure or expectations. > > Pressure won't make you pitch better in a game, but it will keep the beer > from your lips and get you to push back from the buffet table. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Red Sox Citizens" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/redsoxcitizens/-/NkMuGU0mLpMJ. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en.
